CHECK LIST OF NEW YORK BIRDS 2IQ 



45 [99] Scaled petrel 1 



Aestrelata scalaris Brewst. 



46 (106) Leach's petrel 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieill.) 



47 (109) Wilson's petrel 



Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl) 



Order Steganopodes Totipalmate swimmers 

 Family PHAETHONTIDAE Tropic birds 



48 (112) Yellow-billed tropic bird 2 



Phaethon americanus Grant 



1 The single specimen taken in Livingston co. in 1880 is unique, as it has not been taken 

 elsewhere. See Bui. Nutt. orn. club, 6 : 91-97; Auk, 11 : 389-93. 



2 This tropical form has once been taken at Knowlesville, Orleans co. See Bui. Nutt. orn. club, 

 5 : 63. See also Short's Birds of western New York. Also Langille's, Our birds in their haunts, 

 p. 615. One other state record. See Maynarcf s Birds of eastern North America, 1881, p. 474 



